If we were to actually discover life on another planet, whether sentient or not, how would this impact your religion? I don’t know that any religion explicitly states that life can’t exist elsewhere in the universe, although I feel that it’s probably implied.

If you aren’t religious, lets not turn this into a ‘how religion is wrong’ thread.

even though i ain’t that religious, i don’t think its right to impose religion on any other species. if we do find intelligent life out there, they should not have to forced to choose something created for man by man

But given that religion focuses on humans, how would this impact your religion? I doubt we would honestly be able to ‘convert’ other sentient lifeforms, but it would surely have some effect on our own.

Christians might find the whole alien life forms a bitter pill to swallow

Only if the aliens proved resistant to their message. If the aliens were willing to go to church and pay into the collection, then they’d be welcomed as the Christians’ brothers and sisters from far away.

The church I identify with believes pretty strongly in a literal translation (although I’ve had my doubts) of the bible…but basically, given the story of Job, it’s pretty clear to me that there’s sentient life somewhere out there. It’s pretty insane to believe that we’re the only “intelligent” lifeforms in such a massive universe.
I’m not looking for a religious debate about the merits of one religion or another, just telling y’all what I was raised with and where I stand now.

I would welcome them with open arms as long as they wouldn’t threaten me, and then I would kindly ask them to wipe all of humanity (please don’t take it personally) away from this earth. Even if I myself died too because of that, eh. shrugs

Not that I want to dignify that with an answer, but here goes.
Job chapter 1: verse 6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan[b] also came among them. 7 The Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”

The Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”

He’s been on a walking holiday, is what I take away from that. He quite clearly says “on the earth” and that he’s been “walking up and down”. It sounds more to me like he’s been hiking in the mountains than buzzing bronze age shepherds in the Millenium Falcon.

celr:

Edit: but way to perpetuate the alien stereotype.

If aliens didn’t want to be stereotyped, they shouldn’t have done all that anal probing in the sixties.

Pope Francis has stated that he would welcome alien life forms into the open arms of the Catholic Church, should they be willing to convert. He put forward his official stance on Martians - among other intergalactic travelers - at a homily on Monday.

I think if the Catholics could accept anyone for baptism, and therefore entrance into heaven, I think most other religeons would be accepting.

I don’t have any religion but I believe in God, and in an real almighty one. Like, if a life exit in on an other planet, it’s certainly not against God’s will, so what would it change my vew on it?
But for the religious one, history showed us before what they would do: “WHAT? You don’t know MY God? How possibled? He’s the only one! Let me save you from your wrong religion, or I’ll kill you if I can’t, it’s for your own good.”

in my religion you’d just imply the same idea that you would to others. Do your best not to wrong them, and treat them with the utmost respect. if it comes down to it where they don’t agree though then do whatever it takes to protect yourself while still trying to preserve as much life as possible using the smallest amounts of violence. Always try not to use violence at all where applicable.